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Post by umeboshi on Feb 29, 2012 2:38:15 GMT -5
Caroline never really cared about Valentine's day. It was just another day to her. Nobody ever paid romantic interest in her. If they did, they were lecherous and overall perverted. It was never sincere, so Caroline usually brushed them off.
But this Valentine's day was different. She had never received a letter before. This letter... it was so romantic, and caring, and well written. Caroline blushed when she finished reading it. Even now, as she stood at the food court, waiting in the spot that was designated on her letter, she was blushing. It was intriguing to get a letter like this. She always thought she was a wallflower, and that hardly anyone noticed her. But with this letter, that opinion seemed to change.
Caroline took a small bite of a caramel apple she had just purchased. She had been waiting for a while and wanted a bit of a snack. The tiny togepi in her arms squirmed and squeaked, so she shared her apple with her. She took a seat at a picnic table and set the togepi in her lap. There she waited, at the location that was specified in the letter. It was just a waiting game now.
Time passed, and she was nearly done with her apple. Her school girl embarassment had long since subsided, and she frowned. A look of genuine disappointment spread on her features. The longer she waited, the more she reverted back into the self-conscious, self-loathing person she was. Who would ever admire someone like herself?
"How stupid am I..." She didn't even know who she was supposed to look for. She wondered if they'd find her first. If there even was someone to look for... She had to wonder if this was just a big prank...
Still, she clung onto the hope of finding this secret admirer, because she didn't leave...
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Post by blackraven on Feb 29, 2012 3:41:29 GMT -5
he who laughs in a crisis
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Raven arrived in the food court out of sheer curiosity.
Valentines day huh? On multiple occasions around this time of year Father would bring a woman over as company, but looking around now he could see almost everyone was with a partner of some kind. They called it the holiday of love, but the redhead had never in his previous years of life experienced love or anything of the sort. The whole day, no the whole idea, of a holiday centred around something he did not understand himself was intriguing.
He unfurled the letter from his pocket again, fixed his lopsided headband, and focused his single eye on a girl sitting at a table by herself. She was pretty, he gave her that, and she would definitely be the perfect guinea pig for this task. She was not the kind of pretty he was used to, being the woman he would see waiting at corners beckoning at him on late night jobs. He didn't feel the need to bolt from her like he did those other girls, which was a good step in the right direction if you asked him.
His acting could be useful here. If he wanted to find out more about this "Valentines" then he would just have to experience it for himself right? Raven was suddenly more curious about the girl than the letter, pushing it out of his mind as he strode over to her, leaned on the table a little and smiled in what he hoped was a friendly way. He smoothed his voice, using a combination of tones and speech he had picked up while passing others in the street.
"Now what may I ask is your name miss? And what extraordinarily lucky man are you waiting for?"
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Post by umeboshi on Mar 1, 2012 0:53:58 GMT -5
Her togepi alerted her of the newcomer before she even saw him coming. Caroline blinked at her little togepi, who was bouncing in her lap, staring at the approaching man. "Togeprrrii!" she seemed to chirp in a greeting. Caroline wasn't nearly as friendly. In fact, she was quite taken aback by the sudden company. She wasn't expecting to be acknowledged in such a large place like this.
"Oh... hello." Caroline definitely sounded unsure of herself, unsure of whether she wanted to even strike up a conversation. Moments prior, she had wanted to go home. But Caroline was not one to be rude, so she stuck it out with a gulp. Her gaze stayed on her little dancing Togepi. Staring at her seemed to calm her nerves just a bit. "I'm... ah... not waiting for anybody. And I doubt they'd be... lucky." Even though that odd letter said otherwise. The more she thought about it, the more she settled on the idea that it was a prank.
Caroline sighed softly. It was better if it was a prank, to be honest. There was no need to get her hopes up about something such as romance. She wasn't the type of person someone would want, anyway. She smiled sadly and finally offered her name to the stranger. She gazed up at him with her sad blue eyes, but only for a moment. "I'm Caroline."
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Post by blackraven on Mar 1, 2012 20:04:18 GMT -5
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#13 Black Raven
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Raven hadn't noticed the tiny pokemon in her lap until she had looked down at it. So she was a trainer huh? His gaze washed over the girl, making note of her features for future reference, you never know right? Someone was staring at them from a table across the food court out of curiosity. Even if they didn't mean any harm that stupid man was putting him on edge when he didn't need to be, made his instincts go haywire.
Why had he ever come to such a place like this again? There were too many people... too many witnesses. If someone here should recognize him there could be trouble, would Epispect members not be lurking among the inhabitants of the amusement park, worse if that someone turned out to be an enemy he'd made during his... work.
Raven tried to focus on the task before him instead of lingering on that thought. He shifted his weight back a little, the girl looking up at him with saddened blue eyes. He took a moment to inspect her more thoroughly, coming to the decision that she couldn't possibly do much harm to him.
He grinned at Caroline.
"Well it would be very unfortunate if someone like you were to be left out on a day like today right? You see," he paused to pull the falling headband up a little more, "I'm new here so I don't have anyone who can show me around today. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind being say... an escort for a lonely fellow? Unless you're too busy waiting for no one of course. I wouldn't dream of interrupting anything important."
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Sorry I dind't reply till now was a little busy xD There was a huge fight today and I guess someone almost got thrown over the railing. Geez... boys and their ego's get into sooo much trouble...
/Didn't improve layout at all today... still lazy xD
EDIT: And now I've made a layout <3
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Post by umeboshi on Mar 13, 2012 14:11:21 GMT -5
Caroline had almost declined. She wasn't one to open up to strangers, and she wasn't going to change that any time soon. The subtle flirting made her a bit uncomfortable... Another reason was that she had no idea what was around here anyway. This was her first time at the Carnival, and she only found the food court because Togepi led her here to get some goodies. But the fact that he had said he was new around here made her reconsider. She didn't really know if he was being genuine or not, but she tried to give people the benefit of the doubt before judging them...
"I guess I can try. But this is my first time at the carnival, so I may be just as lost as you are." Caroline stood slowly. She placed her togepi on the table so she could straighten herself out. Now that she was standing, it was easy to take note of her model-esque figure. Caroline pulled her long pink hair to one side and pulled it over a shoulder. "Who shall I be helping this evening?" With togepi back in her arms, she looked to the stranger with a small smile on her face. It was only polite to give your name after asking it. Reciprocity~
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Post by blackraven on Mar 14, 2012 3:16:29 GMT -5
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#13 Black Raven
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Raven watched the strange emotions play across her face. At first he was sure she would say no, but to his surprise she actually agreed to go with him. She mentioned this being her first time at the bright, crowded place which was lucky for Raven as well. She set her little pokemon down on the table, standing to her full height of what the redhead guessed she was only a few inches under six feet, brightly colored, waved hair hung at half that length. Like he had guessed while she was sitting, her body figure would draw the eyes of men walking by her for sure.
"Right, well if we get lost at least we won't be alone? My name is Raven, I know it might sound a little strange but it's a family name not much I can do about that."
While he didn't give her his first name, he was a little surprised he had given out his real last name. He quickly looked around, spotting several different rides and games of all types across the span of the park.
"Do you have any idea of what you would like to do? I only have until midnight tonight, meeting tomorrow morning, so we had better get started right?"
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Post by umeboshi on Mar 14, 2012 21:05:27 GMT -5
Caroline bobbed her head in a nod. "Raven..." she repeated, so she would not forget it. Repetition helped her remember. "It is nice to meet you. For what it's worth, I don't think it's a weird name." In her profession, she had seen and heard all sorts of different names... Plus, she wasn't one to judge something like a name.
As he glanced around, Caroline took some time to do the same. She hadn't really studied the place before. It was very bright and alive, with all sorts of different smells. They were in the food court, after all. She could decipher hot dogs, and popcorn, pizza, funnel cakes... Though there was probably a lot more where that came from. She could hear the screams and shouts off in the distance from the people who were on the rides. She shivered. Rides and attractions like that were never her thing... Either her hair got stuck, or extremely tangled, or she got sick... That was out of the question for her, but if Raven wanted to go over there, she'd go with him.
A sigh of relief almost passed through her lips. It didn't seem he had an idea, so the rides were out of the picture for a moment. "What is there to do at a carnival? Besides eating junk food and riding rides." She blinked and scooped up her hopping togepi. "Maybe I can get something for my little dear." Caroline smiled and hugged her togepi next to her face, giving her a soft nuzzle against her cheek.
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Post by blackraven on Mar 16, 2012 5:22:24 GMT -5
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#13 Black Raven
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Caroline seemed to pause on his name, testing the taste of it on her tongue in hopes of remembering it maybe. Though, it would do her good to remember a name like his. No innocent should ever find themselves where he spent his time. The darker parts of the city could only suit those who belonged there.
Her reassurances of his name did make him a little more comfortable though, a good sign she was buying his act. Luckily, it did not seem like she had heard the alias from those she spent her time with either. He smiled at her as she glanced at the larger rides in worry. Raven could not know if he liked rides or not, he had never really had time to do those kinds of things and Father had never taken time from his schedule to teach a person like Raven about them. Not that it had been necissary, he had never been more than an experiment in father's eyes. The redhead had never longed for anything more, the man had been his whole life he didn't need anything more. But then Epispect had to take it all away. They had killed him. They would pay, all of them would-
"I think that would be a great idea. We could probably win something for her if we tried some of the games here. I'll pay okay? I've got a great arm when it comes to things like this."
Raven smiled warmly at Caroline and the togepi, the two were definitely close. He liked to see trainers who treated their pokemon with such tenderness. But the same pokemon he adored, even the few he owned himself, were the source of a trickle of jealousy for him. No longer a complete human yet not a pokemon either. Hunted and forced to lurk in the darkness.
"The only question is, which one do we try first?"
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Post by umeboshi on Mar 18, 2012 15:17:06 GMT -5
"Oh, no, please!" Caroline immediately jumped to decline his offer. "You don't need to pay. I appreciate your offer, but... it isn't necessary." Though she could be quite the doormat. If he insisted, she'd more than likely give in. Caroline hoped she hadn't offended him in the meantime. She glanced down, and then around, anywhere but at him again, in case she had hurt his feelings or something. Poor Caroline, always so worrisome.
"I see some games over that way... a basketball one? And maybe one where you have to knock down milk bottles..." Those were the go-to carnival games that she knew of. Every carnival had them, or so she assumed. She had no idea what else there was. But it would continue to remain unknown unless they walked that way, right? She started to walk slowly to the games, just to make sure he could keep up. It wouldn't be very nice if she made him get lost...
OOC: Guh! I'm sorry if my posts are bad. D: They're so short...
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Post by blackraven on Mar 20, 2012 0:26:05 GMT -5
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#13 Black Raven
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Raven was a little taken aback by her sudden decline to his offer. He had not met anyone willing enough to turn down such a precious offer before, but that was probably since his clients were mostly fools who believed money was almost as important as their own life blood. She seemed skittish for a moment, then muttered some words and headed towards the area likely to have most of the carnival games within.
As they moved closer the shouting became louder, annoyingly so. In an effort to shut it out he focused on the games themselves rather then their participants. One game involved shooting a spray of water directly into the middle of a target, something that would obviously not mix well with the fire gijinka.
"How about something like this?"
He slowed and nodded towards a small booth which housed a table littered with bottles. The caps were mostly colored yellow, but two of them on either side were red. He eagerly purchased the regular three rings and turned back towards her.
"You take these rings and throw them onto the bottles. The red ones are the ones you want to aim for but even getting a regular one is harder then it looks. want to try it?"
He held out the three rings towards Caroline in an offer.
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